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Bianca Correa1 min readPoemsAm I A Race?Identify yourself Are you Hispanic? Check yes Now, what is your race? Look at the question Nothing truly fits Who am I if I don’t have a...
Imaya Brown2 min readPoemsDear Brown Skin GirlYou’re a girl. You like doing fun things. Watching TV, playing with your dolls, and doing your makeup are among some of your favorites....
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Ciara Lugo1 min readPoemsOde to His MelaninInspired by Sharon Olds I fell in love with your possessor I noticed you, his integument If you had emotions I know you’d cry Over the...
Troy Hughes2 min readPoemsOreoThey say that I am white, yet I said to them I am black. Most of those peers of mine pondered on if what I said was even a fact. The...